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December

• Planning Ahead for the Health Impact of Complex Emergencies, Geneva, 13 December 1999
• Looking Back at 1999 : Monthly Briefing for Missions, Geneva, 13 December 1999
• "WHY INVESTING IN GLOBAL HEALTH IS GOOD POLITICS", Council on Foreign Relations, New York, 6 December, 1999
• WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH (CCH), Geneva, 2-3 December 1999
• World Aids Day: Closing Remarks, Geneva, 1 December 1999 [Français]
• World Aids Day: Opening Remarks, Geneva, 1 December 1999 [Français]

November

• International Trade Agreements and Public Health: WHO’s Role, Amsterdam, 25-26 November 1999
• Introduction to meeting with WEOG Ambassadors, Geneva, 24 November 1999
• Global Humanitarian Day and Launching of the CAP 2000, United Nations, Geneva, 23 November 1999
• International Consultation on the Health of Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, 23 November 1999
• Fridtjof Nansen Memorial Lecture : "Preparing for the Worst: Can We Give Hope to Victims in Complex Emergencies?", Tokyo, 17 November 1999
• International Symposium for Gender Equal Society, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, 14 November 1999

• WHO International Conference on Tobacco and Health, Kobe, Japan, 15 November 1999

• WHO/China Mental Health Awareness Raising Event, Beijing, 11 November 1999

• Address to World Business Council for Sustainable Development "Our Common Future and Rio 10 years after: How far have we come and where should we be going?", Berlin, 4 November 1999

• Statement at MMV Launch, Geneva, 3 November 1999

• Second WHO-IFPMA Round Table, Geneva, 3 November 1999

• Consultation on Food Safety, Geneva, 2 November 1999

• 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 November 1999

October

• Epidemic of Tuberculosis – A Global Threat, Open Society Institute, New York, 28 October 1999

• First Board Meeting of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, New York, 28 October 1999

• WHO/USAID Collaboration for Health in the Millennium, Washington, D.C., 27 October 1999

• First Meeting of the Working Group on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Geneva, 25 October 1999
• Global Perspectives on Mental Health, Tampere, Finland, 13 October 1999
• DG Reflections at the Round Table, WHO Headquarters, 6 October 1999
• Dr Brundtland’s Address at the Unveiling of the Statue Commemorating the Successful Control of Onchocerciasis, WHO Headquarters, 6 October 1999
• Launching of the Global Movement for Active Ageing and the International Day of Older Persons, Geneva, 2 October, 1999

September

• 51st Session WHO Regional Committee for the Americas, 41st PAHO Directing Council, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 27 September - 1 October 1999 [Français]
• Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, Forty-sixth Session, Cairo, Egypt, 20-23 September 1999 [Français]
• Regional Committee for Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, Fiftieth session, Macao, 13-17, September 1999 [Français]
• Regional Committee for Europe, Forty-ninth session, Florence, Italy, 13 - 17 September 1999 [Français]
• Regional Committee for South-East Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6 - 9 September 1999

August

• Regional Committee for Africa, Forty-ninth session, Windhoek, Namibia, 30 August-3 September
• GRID-Arendal’s 10th Anniversary, 22-23 August 1999

June

• General Assembly Special Session on ICPD+5, New York, 30 June – 2 July 1999
• International Council of Nurses Centennial Conference Session on "Celebrating nursing’s past – claiming the future – organizational visions", London, Wednesday, 30 June 1999
• 22nd Session of the Joint Coordinating Board of the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), WHO Headquarters, 24 June 1999
• Meeting of Interested Partners – Communicable Diseases Cluster, WHO Headquarters, 23 June 1999
• 26th Annual Conference of the Global Health Council, Arlington, Virginia, 21 June 1999
• Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health - Healthy Planet Forum / Action in Partnership for the 21st Century, London, 16-18 June 1999
• Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health - Healthy Planet Forum, London, 16 June 1999
• Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health - Healthy Planet Forum / Talking points for DG at the release of the report on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), London, 16 June 1999
• Interagency Consultation on Disability, Geneva, 15-16 June 1999
• Speech to Meeting of Interested Partners, Geneva, 15 June 1999
• The 13th World Self-Medication Industry (WSMI) General Assembly and the 35th Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP) Annual Meeting, Berlin, 10 June 1999
• Keynote Address - Global Forum on Health Research Geneva, 09 June 1999

May

• FIFTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY, Agenda Item 3 : "Looking ahead for WHO after a year of change", Geneva, 18 May 1999 [Français] [Espanol]
• Fortieth Session of the IARC Governing Council, Lyon, 14 May 1999
• World Health Opportunity – developing health, reducing poverty, Heads of Development Agencies Meeting, London, 13 May 1999
• Introduction to the launch of the World Health Report, WHO Geneva, 11 May 1999

April

• International Conference on Health Research for Development, WHO Geneva, 30 April 1999
• Setting the Agenda for Mental Health, Geneva, 28-29 April 1999
• Ninth International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICDRA), Berlin, 27 April 1999 [Français]
• Opening Ceremony of "Launching the National Immunization Day", Côte d’Ivoire, 23 April 1999
• "Making a Difference for Africa", Harare, 21 April 1999
• Maternal Mortality Advocacy Meeting, Maputo, Mozambique, 19 April 1999
• Nutrition, Health and Human Rights, Geneva, 12 April 1999
• Global Health into a New Century, Geneva, 9 April 1999 [Français]
• World Health Day - Active Ageing makes the difference, WHO, Geneva, 7 April 1999

March

• BioVision - International Life Sciences Forum, Science and Health: WHO's Perspective, Lyon, France, 26 March 1999 [Français]
• World Meteorological Day, Weather, Climate and Health, Geneva, 23 March 1999 [Français]
• International Policy Conference on Children and Tobacco, Washington, D.C., 18 March 1999
• Opening Remarks, Briefing for Missions - ICPD+5, WHO Headquarters, 17 March 1999 [Français]
• Inter-American Development Bank Seminar, Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Investing in Early Childhood, Paris, 14 March 1999
• Human Development Week, World Bank, Washington DC, 4 March 1999
• Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations, New York, 3 March 1999 [Français]
• Address to the Geneva Group –; UN Directors, Change at WHO, Geneva, 2 March 1999 [Français]
• 21st Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, WHO Headquarters, 1 March 1999

February

• Global Meeting of WHO Representatives and Liason Officers, WHO Headquarters, 22 February 1999 [Français] [Espanol]
• Plenary Session, ICPD+5 Forum, The Hague, 9 February 1999 [Français]
• ICPD+5 Forum - Reproductive Health: A Health Priority, The Hague, 8-12 February 1999 [Français]
• Inter-Country Meeting on Telemedicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 6-9 February 1999

January 

• World Economic Forum - Health for the 21st Century, Davos, Switzerland, 30 January 1999
• WHO-the way ahead, Geneva, Switzerland, 25 January 1999 [Français]
• Seminar at the King’s Fund, London, 14 January 1999

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